Executive working memory processes in dyslexia: Behavioral and fMRI evidence

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 192-202

  Beneventi, Harald ^a   TØNnessen, Finn Egil ^b   Ersland, Lars ^a,c   Hugdahl, Kenneth ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^c HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Dyslexia; N back; Phoneme detection; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LANGUAGE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LANGUAGE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME;

EID: 77954021638     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: 14679450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2010.00808.x     Document Type: Article

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